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William Edwards, released from jail with a GPS tracking device that he has to pay for, is one of thousands of poor defendants left at the mercy of an ‘E-carceration” system increasingly run by for-profit services, writes an attorney who is leading a class action lawsuit combating the practice.

The “piecemeal” approach by state and federal court approach to addressing trial-level errors fails to account for the complex ways that seemingly independent errors interact with one another, writes a professor at the Northeastern University School of Law.

Vox news reporter German Lopez reports there were plenty of reasons for the low turnout from white nationalists at Sunday's Unite the Right rally, including alt.right organizers' fear of retribution. He quotes neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin as warning prospective participants: "Getting doxed as a neo-Nazi street fighter will ruin your life, forever.”

A Brooklyn, N.Y,-based grassroots group is teaching people with substance abuse disorder how to avoid getting ensnared in the criminal justice system. Organizer Jason Del Aguila says the first step is empowering individuals in their encounters with the courts and police.

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